Sample Cases: Employment Law

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GENDER DISCRIMINATION AND EQUAL PAY ACT

Christina was involved in litigating a case concerning a female clinical psychologist who alleged her employer paid her a lower salary than her male coworkers because of her gender/sex. As asserted in the lawsuit, the Claimant also alleged she was denied promotions in retaliation for her complaints to the employer about unequal pay. The case settled out of court.

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WRONGFUL DISCHARGE AND UNPAID WAGES

Christina was co-counsel at the trial of a case in federal court in which a physician
sued her former employer alleging wrongful discharge and nonpayment of
wages. After a trial, the jury found for the employer on the retaliation and South Carolina Payment of Wages Act claims. The employee appealed the dismissal of her wrongful discharge claim, but the United States Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal.

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RACE DISCRIMINATION

Christina successfully litigated a case involving one of the largest private employers in South Carolina in which an African-American employee asserted she had been fired because of her race. The employee was one among a group of employees fired for falsifying their time on company records. The case was dismissed at the summary judgment stage, meaning it was won before going to trial.

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FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT (FLSA)

Christina was co-counsel in a case brought by two firefighters against a city in South
Carolina alleging the city violated the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) by failing to pay the firefighters overtime pay for their on-call hours. The Claimants also alleged the City fired them in retaliation for complaining about the lack of pay. Christina was part of the legal team who won the case in federal court. On appeal before the United States Court of Appeals, the lower court’s original judgment was affirmed.

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AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT (ADA), FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT (FMLA) AND DEFAMATION/SLANDER

Christina was co-counsel in a case involving an employee who contracted Methicillin Resistant Staphlococcus Aureus (MRSA) outside the workplace. The employee was not allowed to return to work after being cleared by her doctor because the employer feared the illness remained contagious. The situation was complicated by the employee’s physical proximity at work with a coworker who had a weak immune system from taking a chemotherapy drug. The employer required the employee to take leave under the FMLA and then fired her while she was out on leave. The employee also sued her individual supervisor for defamation (slander) for allegedly stating that the employee was an “infectious carrier of a dreaded and loathsome disease (MRSA).”

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